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Old 05-22-2014, 12:55 AM
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Default OT: Larger than life

I very much enjoy reading the weekly entries at the site Badass of the Week. Last week's entry was no exception - Walter Walsh.

What an impressive individual. This from the end of the linked article:

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So let’s recap for a second. Law graduate Walter Walsh of Hoboken, New Jersey, was a championship Olympic marksman, the FBI agent who single-handedly brought Public Enemy Number One to gunfire-infused justice in an epic shootout, a U.S. Marine who saved his entire squad from murderous snipers at Okinawa, a Vietnam Sniper School marksmanship instructor, and the 92-year-old coach of the United States Olympic Shooting Team.

Somehow, despite being under constant danger and almost always surrounded by loaded firearms – many of which were being used by antagonists in life-fire combat situations – Walter Walsh somehow led a long, full, productive life that had more adventure in a 24 hour span that most regular humans will ever experience in their entire lives.

He died last week at the age of 106.
Hell yeah. Respect to you, Colonel Walsh. A life well-lived. RIP.
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